Posts from Hardware & Materials

We say this all the time: paint is one of the easiest and least expensive ways to dramatically change a room. Yet, the process of choosing paint color causes so many people to either procrastinate, despair about their utter inability to decide, or even freeze up entirely. Our goal is to inject everyone with a boost of color confidence. With that in mind, here are our best tips and advice to get walls that spark joy when you look at them...

If you've ever come across a painted wood storage piece and wondered how you could restore it to the naturally beautiful look of wood and do something fresh and unique to it, you'll find inspiration in this credenza Martha got creative with.

I recently moved into a very old home and inherited a gorgeous claw foot tub. It's pink, gigantic, and nearly perfect in every way, except for one issue: the porcelain around the drain has been worn away, leaving a very unsightly, uninviting rusty ring in my otherwise dreamy tub.

As we have seen time and time again, beautiful spaces aren't the spaces with the most expensive materials (though certainly, they don't hurt). Anyone can have a beautiful home on a budget if you get creative with the most affordable materials — using them in new ways, bold ways or just keeping them simple and modern. We've got more inspiration for you!

Though in some ways a boring bedroom could be a good thing — after all, a lack of distractions could calm, which might be just what you need to fall more soundly asleep at night. But a boring bedroom is well, boring, and it might not be the kind of place you want to wake up in and get your day going in. So if you're feeling like your bedroom is looking particularly boring lately (or you're just on the hunt for ideas to freshen up an old design), see if it's because it's missing one of these dynamic design elements!

Whether you're rocking the floors your home came with or disguising with some well-placed rugs, the truth is your floors are surfaces you walk on daily, and they're noticeable when they aren't their cleanest. We've gathered some of our best tricks and tips for cleaning all types of floors — from hardwood to carpet to rugs to laminate and more!

Wow, November already. Soon December will fly by and we'll be in 2015, a brand new year with a brand new opportunity to be our boldest, most daring, decorative selves in our home. But don't give up on being gutsy in decor just yet; we've got five design details that are easy enough you could still add them to your home to wow this year!

Are you on the hunt for a unique way to apply paint to a room? A way that will highlight the architecture of a room? Add an exciting graphic feel to a space? Make a whole room feel a heckuva lot more dramatic? Then you might consider using outlines to paint various surfaces in your home — you'll be pleasantly surprised with the big visual impact this paint pattern trick can have for a whole home.